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Friday, April 13, 2007

R U Superstitous ??

Ever wonder what events may have been the source of the Friday the 13th ,being

considered bad luck............................... here's one thought ,backed up by historical events........back in the year 1307 !!

"And so it was at dawn of the following day, Friday the Thirteenth in October of 1307, that almost every Templar knight, priest, sergeant, and servant in France was arrested and put in chains. The arresting party at the Paris Temple was led by the king's chancellor in person, probably to assure admittance. The date was ever after regarded as an ominous time, but although for the rest of the world it might have become an amusing superstition, for the Knights Templar that Friday the Thirteenth was the unluckiest day of that or any other year. Their torture began the same day."

1 comment:

Les, Friday the thirteenth has never been lucky for me.Saw the eye doctor Friday. I was hoping to get the cataracts removed but he says I have to wait another six months. It's unfair to our congregation who have to listen to me play for the next six months. They urged me to go. I'm not sure why. Ed